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==Early life== ===Childhood=== Rachel Joy Scott was born on August 5, 1981, in [[Denver|Denver, Colorado]]. She was the third of five children born to Darrell Scott and Beth (née Nimmo) Scott. The entire family are devout [[Christians]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Journals of Rachel Scott: A Journey of Faith at Columbine High|page=12}}</ref> Her father was a [[pastor]] at a church in Lakewood, Colorado, and worked as a sales manager for a Denver-based food company; her mother was a [[Homemaking|homemaker]]. Rachel's parents divorced in 1988; they maintained a cordial relationship<ref name=Tears57>{{cite book |author=Beth Nimmo and Darrell Scott |title=Rachel's Tears—The Spiritual Journey of Columbine Martyr Rachel Scott |year=2000 |publisher=Thomas Nelson Publishers |location=Nashville, Tenn. |isbn=0-7852-6848-0 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/rachelstearsspir00scot_0/page/57 57, 61, 173] |url=https://archive.org/details/rachelstearsspir00scot_0/page/57 }}</ref> and held [[joint custody]] of the children.<ref>''Rachel's Tears'', p. 32</ref><ref name=Gwynne>{{cite magazine|author=S.C. Gwynne |title=An Act of God? |date=December 20, 1999 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time magazine]] |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,992875,00.html?promoid=googlep |access-date=May 5, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828025920/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C992875%2C00.html?promoid=googlep |archive-date=August 28, 2009 }}</ref> The following year, Beth and her children relocated to Littleton, Colorado, where she remarried in 1995.<ref name=Tears57 /> As a child, Rachel was an energetic, sociable girl, who displayed concern for the well-being of others, particularly if they were downcast or otherwise in need.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rachelschallenge.org/about-us/meet-rachel |title=''About Us: Meet Rachel'' |publisher=rachelschallenge.org |date=August 6, 2010 |access-date=September 17, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922111901/http://rachelschallenge.org/about-us/meet-rachel |archive-date=September 22, 2016 }}</ref> She developed a passion for photography and poetry at an early age. Rachel attended Dutch Creek Elementary School and Ken Caryl Middle School before she enrolled in [[Columbine High School]] in the ninth grade. At Columbine, she was an attentive, above-average student who displayed a flair for music, acting, drama, and debate. She was a member of the school's forensics and drama clubs.<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=http://extras.denverpost.com/news/shot0423j.htm |title=Rachel Scott |access-date=September 14, 2016 |newspaper=The Denver Post |date=April 23, 1999 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923152839/http://extras.denverpost.com/news/shot0423j.htm |archive-date=September 23, 2016 }}</ref> Acting did not initially come easily to her, and she had to devote extra effort to succeed in this activity.<ref name="auto1">''Rachel's Tears'', pg. 46</ref> ===Adolescence and Christian beliefs=== When Rachel was 11 in March 1993, she visited the church that her aunt and uncle attended in [[Shreveport, Louisiana]], and chose to commit herself to [[Christianity]].<ref>''The Journals of Rachel Scott: A Journey of Faith at Columbine High'' p. 3</ref> By April 1998, when she was at Columbine High School, five of her closest friends had distanced themselves from her because of her increasing commitment to her faith. Furthermore, because of her faith, she was occasionally subjected to mockery by several of her peers.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rachel's Tears: 10th Anniversary Edition: The Spiritual Journey of Columbine|page=117}}</ref><ref name=CraigRevisit>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/10/craig-scott-columbine-mas_n_3054909.html |title=Craig Scott, Columbine Massacre Survivor, Revisits the High School and Remembers his Murdered Sister Rachel Scott |access-date=March 4, 2017 |newspaper=The Huffington Post |date=April 10, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021073823/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/10/craig-scott-columbine-mas_n_3054909.html |archive-date=October 21, 2016 }}</ref> Rachel documented this in a letter to a relative a year to the day before her death. The letter included the words: "Now that I have begun to walk my talk, they make fun of me. I don't even know what I have done. I don't even have to say anything, and they turn me away. I have no more personal friends at school. But you know what, it's all worth it."<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rachel's Tears: 10th Anniversary Edition: The Spiritual Journey of Columbine|page=96}}</ref> On many occasions throughout Scott's adolescence, her family observed her in prayer both at home and at church. Her mother said that her daughter would regularly pray on her knees, with her head bowed, her hands upon her face, and that often, these particular prayer rituals brought tears to Scott's eyes. On one occasion, this included writing a prayer for one of the future perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.cbn.com/700club/face-death-craig-scott-revisits-columbine-shooting |title=In the Face of Death: Craig Scott Revisits the Columbine Shooting |publisher=CBN.com |date=July 22, 2002 |access-date=September 6, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915105650/http://www1.cbn.com/700club/face-death-craig-scott-revisits-columbine-shooting |archive-date=September 15, 2016 }}</ref><ref>}{{Cite book|title=The Journals of Rachel Scott: A Journey of Faith at Columbine High|page=27}}</ref> By the age of 17, Scott was an attendee of three churches: Celebration Christian Fellowship; Orchard Road Christian Center; and Trinity Christian Center, where she [[Choreography|choreographed]] dances at [[Church service|Sunday service]]. She was also an active member of church youth groups; at the Orchard Road Christian Center, she attended a youth group named "Breakthrough", where she displayed a passionate interest in both [[evangelism]] and [[Disciple (Christianity)|discipleship]]. Scott wrote in her journals that her [[spirituality|spiritual]] awareness developed greatly through attending this youth group, and she became known as a leading advocate within it.<ref>{{cite book|title=Rachel's Tears: 10th Anniversary Edition: The Spiritual Journey of Columbine|pages=117}}</ref>
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